Whip-socket lock.



E. KURTH.

WHIP SOCKET LOCK.

APPLlcATloN FILED SEPT. 11, |915.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

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ATTORNEY Env/Ann Kunrn, or BLOOMFIELD, NEBRASKA.

WHIP-SOCKET LOCK.

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Application led September 11, 1916.

To all 'whom z'mag/ concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD KURTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, lin the county of Knox and Stat-e of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Socket Locks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference, generally, to improvements in whip socket-s and more particularly relates to a. novel whip socket lock.

As the primary object, the invention con templates the provision of an eiiicient device for removably locking or holding a whip within a socketand thereby prevents unauthorized persons from surreptitiously removing the whip, thus saving the driver or owner of the vehicle7 to which my improved arrangement is connected from loss and inconvenience.

The invention also embraces the provision of improved means whereby the locking means will be e'ectively mounted within the socket.

Still further, the invention contemplates the provision of novel key actuating means whereby the locking means will be remov ably held in engagement with the handle end of the whip.

Among the other aims and objects of the invention may be recited the provision of a device of the character mentioned with a view to compactness, the number of parts of which are few, the construction simple, the cost of production low, and the eiiiciency high.

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of parts will be appreciated from the detailed description below, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein I disclose a preferred embodiment of the invention for the purpose of illustration.

The invention is clearly illustrated i-n the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of my invention, partly in elevation, showing the locking members in an open position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the locking members in a closed or locked position, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Similar characters of reference are em- 'ployed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented dan. 15, little.

Serial No. 119,526.

Referring now, more particularly, to the drawings I provide a whip socket 1 of a conventional form and arranged therein is a band 2, preferably of a cylindrical formation, the band being -connected to the socket in any desirable manner.

For the purpose of removably holding or locking` a whip 3 within the socket 1 l have provided my improved locking means which in the present instance consists of a pair of similarly constructed members l. The outer portions 5 of the members are connected by means of suitable fastening devices 6 at diametrically opposite points on the band 2 and are arranged in spaced parallel relation with each other. incidentally the adjacent inner faces of the outer portions 5 are provided with teeth 7 whereby they will bitingly engage the inner end of the whip 3, in a manner to be described. As is apparent upon'reference to the dran/ings the members if. are desirably formed from relatively long strips of metal and in order that they may be constructed so as to be readily actuated l have bent the portions 8 which continue from the portions 5, in converging relation with each other while the portions continu ing from the converging portions are bent outwardly in divergent relation to provide guides 9 for a purpose that will presently appear.

Suitable means for supporting the actuating' means for the locking members consists of a U shaped support 10. the side arms of which are rather elongated and are rigidly connected at their upper ends at diametrically opposite points on the band 2 by means of suitable fastening devices 11. The intermediate portion of the support is provided with an opening 12 while the said portion serves to support a disk 13 having a screw threaded opening 111 therein which latter is arranged in alinement with the opening 12. It is to be noted that the periphery of the disk is arranged in closely spaced relation with the inner surface of the socket while the upper surface of the disk is arranged in closely spaced relation with the lower ends of the guides 9.

F or the purpose of actuating the locking members l I have provided a screw 15 which iS adjustably mounted in the screw threaded opening 14, the inner end thereof being pointed as indicated by the numeral 16 while the opposite end is reduced and squared as indicated by the numeral 17 so as to be re leasably engaged by a key 18 insertible in the inner opening 19 in the bottom of the socket. i

The operation of my invention may be re viewed as follows Assuming that a whip is arranged within the socket as indicated in Fig. 1 in the drawengagement with the handle end of the whip.

The key can non' be removed and the whip will be in such a position that it cannot be easily removed without the use of the key. To release the locking members it is only necessary to place the key in position and reverse the rotary movement thereof so as to lower the screw 15 in the disk whereupon the guides 9 will move toward each other because of the resiliency of the metal from which they are formed.

I am aware that changes may beI made in the various ar 'angenients and combinations of parts as well as in the details of the construction of the same, without departing from the scope of my present invention, as defined in the appended claims. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and as described in the accom panying specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the constructions of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A whip socket lock including a socket, a band mounted in the socket, resilient whip bers formed of resilient material mounted-V at opposite pointson the band, teeth formed on the outer ends of the members to facilitate engagement with a whip, adjacent portions of themembers being bent 1n converging re lation with respect to each other and then extended divergently to form a wedge shaped guide, and a vertically adjustable screw disposed in the socket and beneath said guides, said screws being adapted to engage said guides and to cause the same to spread or retract for effecting a locking and release of the whip.

3. A whip socket lock including a socket,

a band mounted within the socket, resilient whip locking members mounted rigidly at opposite points on the band andv having their inner ends arranged in proximity to each other, a U shaped support connected to and depending from the band, a disk carried upon the intermediate portion of the support, and provided with a screw threaded opening, a screw passing through the intermediate portion of the support and adjustablyvmounted in the opening in the disk, said screw being adapted to engage'the ends of said locking members and a key removably associated with the Screw for actuating the screw to removably hold the locking members in en-` gagement .with a whip. Y

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDV/'ARD KURTH.

Witnesses II. C. Dnnnis, A. DoNELsoN.

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Washington, D. C. 

